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External game hardware for Mac Air?

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jmass777

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Jan 12, 2010
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Somewhere I saw a notice about the upcoming release of third-party game hardware for the Mac Air - an external box that includes a graphics card - but no mattter what I Google I can't find the name.

Does anyone know the name or manufacturer of this hardware?

thanks
 
Big? You would like it to be slimmer , so you couldn't put a decent graphics card in there?
 
This is a better use for the ThunderBolt connection than just file transfer, if this kind of hardware keeps developing, the so called "planned obsolescence" will be affected, but I guess that will be good in the long run for the ones that keep their machines for some time....besides...desktop graphic power without the need of a another computer - desktop PC - will be awesome for a gamer! The CPUs on the MBP are already good enough for most professionals and gamers, with a professional GPU it will be a complete package.:D
 
When (and if) they finally release the box, it is certain to be expensive, like $400 for the box with no graphics card. Add on a graphics card plus an external monitor (since it won't help the built in display) and you might as well just by a dedicated gaming machine.

Plus someone will have to write drivers for it, and this is not trivial.
 
Village is saying about 250$ for the box if there will be enought pre orders.

And there are actually drivers avaliable now - especially for nVidia.

They're using Optimus technology and you can use built in display, but with a little cut to the performance.

Of course we're talking about Windows here - but that's pretty obvious if you want to do some real gaming.
 
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